Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-12-31
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
W WEDNESDAY,.

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WEDNESDAY.
In the senate the report OF the COM
mittee on elections was presented, and /
MIR. Faulkner seated. \ report amend
ing the rU.es was agreed TO. After the
Introduction OF number of bills, the .
Morrill, bill to regulate immigration .
was taken up, and Mr.. Morrill, adressed .
the senate. The bill was referred TO ,
the foreign relations committee.
SENATOR CoCKEEIL At WORK.
Senator Cockrell introduced the fol- /,
lowing bills in the senate to-day:
To pension James d. Whaley of Law |
renee county, Missouri late of Go. ii,
Fourth regiment, Missouri state militia
cavalry.
For the relief of William Wolf of
Shielding, Shelby county, Mo-, in salts
faction OF his claim against the United
States Tor the schooner Anna Sophia
and cargo, while in the service of the
United States, i'll the month of August,
lSG5.
For relief of captains, pilots. engin-
ecrs and mates OF steam vessels for re-
fund of license fees and 70. certificates
authorizing them topTOsecu,e the occu-
pations from May |, ISL, to April >,
1882, less the sum OF 80 cents for each
certificate OF license issued by the in
spector of steamboats, TO such cap
tains, pilots, engineers and mates dur
| ing said period.
The house held no session.
THURSDAY.
Among the papers laid before the
| Senate was u communication from
Italian residents of Washington pro-
| posing to present to the United States
marble bust of Garibaldi, as link in
the chain Of sympathy which all free
| men feel for the champions of liberty
| and Republican government" Re-
| ferred to Committee on Library.
Bills were introduced and referred as
| follows:
| By Mr. Call: TO prohibit United
States Judges and courts from author
iZing the borrowing of money by re
ceiYers OF railroads and other corpora
| tions bcvOuI the amount of their an
nual net incomes: also, 10 prohibit the
| appointment of such receivers without
evidence OF the financial condition OF
tie company. He moved their refer
| ence to the Committee on Interstate
| Commerce.
| BY Mr.. George: TO protect employees
and servants engaged in interstate CON-
| merce and in tine Territories and Dis
trct of Columbia.
Ev Mr.. Hoar: To extend the gen.
eral land and mining laws over the Ter
Iitory Of Alaska.
Also. to facilitate the settlement and
develop the resources of Alaska and &c
open an overland commercial route be-
tn cen the United States, Asiatic Rus
sia and Japan.
By Mr. Plumb: To forfeit land:
rranted 10 the state of Michigan for
railroad from Marquette to Ontonag0n
By Mr Coke: TO limit the jurisdic.
tiun of the United States Circuit anC
District Courts.
Mr.. Butler offered a resolution, which
Was adopted, directing the Judiciary
| Committee to inquire and report wheth
or. ih the present state OF the law, tn
Government has the power or the At
tornev General of the United state
the authority to institute judicial pro
ccedings to vacate a patent for an in
ycntion on any ground whatever:
The Senate then took up the bill In
= troduced by Mr.. Stewart last Monday
to provide for the issue of coin certiii
; Gates to circulate as money, ant
| | was addressed by that Senator Il
explanation and support Gf the Dill.
The purpose of the bill is to alloy
y the deposit, at any mint or assay once
| of gold and silver bullion in quantitie
| rot less than > ounces of gold or
. ounces OF silver, and the receipts there
:, for of coin certificates, which are 10 Q
legal tender: the existing gold an
silver certificates Cancelled when II
ceiyed at the Treasury; to have no gol
coin hereafter. except as necessary
e redeem obligation expressly payable
e coin: to have the bullion received vi
:. der this act melted into bars and d'
Y posited in the Treasury, and TO repe
IT the act of the 2Sth of February, lSI
recurring the coinage of 2,O0O,OO0 sllvt
e dollars monthly.
Il Referring to the decentralization
Is silver by Congress in 1873, Mr.. Stewa
ir said that that act was done so secret
that even the President of the Unite
IN States was ignorant of it two yea
az alterward, when he sent special me
4 sage to Congress recommending III
p openiug OF new mints to coin sllv
:. dollars. so as to be able to carry out Il
= law to resume specie payments. and
course. when the President was igno
II ant Of il. the Secretary ofthe Ireasur
u" who must have sent the speclal Inc
Oh sage, must also have been ignorant
es If. and Congress itself was ignora
~ of it.
ed If silver, he said, were made valu
sr; less through being no longer used
nd money, its production would cease; al
ed the failure to work silver mines Won
ed result in diminishing by one third
he product of gold which now comes frt
silver ore. But the silver mining l
dustrv, prosecuted with inteligen
and yigor. would furnish the wol
ell with gold aud silver, keeping pa
with the increase of population.
he would be criminal to destroy one
nd those metals for the purpose of benei
rn- inc any favored class.
lad 1t the close ofMr Stewards remar
Tho bill was referred 10 the Commit
Oh Finance.
The Senate on motion OF Mr.. spoon
then proceeded 10 executive buslne
tie and soon after adjourned till MONDAY
FRIDAY.
The Senate mad no session.
In tho JIouse concurrent reSolutl